The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

by Pablo Neruda

Paperback, 2005

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Available

Call number

861.62

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Fiction

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Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2005), Paperback, 1040 pages

Description

The most comprehensive English-language collection of work ever by "the greatest poet of the twentieth century--in any language" (Gabriel García Márque) "In his work a continent awakens to consciousness." So wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the Nobel Prize to Pablo Neruda, the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America's most revered writers, lionized during his lifetime as "the people's poet." This selection of Neruda's poetry, the most comprehensive single volume available in English, presents nearly six hundred poems, scores of them in new and sometimes multiple translations, and many accompanied by the Spanish original. In his introduction, Ilan Stavans situates Neruda in his native milieu as well as in a contemporary English-language one, and a group of new translations by leading poets testifies to Neruda's enduring, vibrant legacy among English-speaking writers and readers today.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member chocolatedog

A really impressive collection of Pablo Neruda's work, even if judged by weight alone (it's 1000+ pages). I didn't know much about Neruda before I picked up this book and I'm not really a poetry person, but after marking 17 poems I wanted to re-read and savour, I returned the book to the local

library and splurged on a copy for myself.

The introduction and notes are well done, and the poems seem to be skillfully selected from Neruda's huge body of work.

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LibraryThing member OpheliasNightmare

Absolutely stunning imagery. Reading this man's work is quite the visceral experience.

LibraryThing member Stodelay

The collected work of a titan. In my admittedly limited view, Neruda is the Americas' greatest 20th century poet. Formally skilled and wildly prolific, Neruda manages to infuse his verse with a lilting musicality, startling freshness, a piercing eye, and an abundance of vitality that enlivens and

moves even when read in translation. His work is uneven, with some really shoddy political poetry, but his odes are stellar. Neruda is a giant and worth attention even from those who don't love poetry. Plus, a line from one of his poems gets paraphrased in a live version of Greg Brown's Canned Goods (Cierto Cansacio--a stellar poem), so that's a good thing.

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LibraryThing member fueledbycoffee

An absolute must have for any Neruda fan. Or fans of poetry. Or fans of words. Or fans of life, and love, and nature, and existing on this beautiful planet where a poet can seemingly effortlessly string together words with great mastery of prose and verse and with a result of absolute loveliness..

LibraryThing member Lisa8025

This book is really impressive. The way with words and the talent he possessed with words. Is like he was speaking in another language but yet you can understand it. As such a young age he was able to recite poetry in a way only he could. The way he describes things and situations in his life is

really unique and extraordinary. The are many authors but he is really unique in what he did.

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